Employee Turnover

Laid Off

Jeff Bonforte

Title: Vice-president of social search

Responsibilities: Oversaw Yahoo Answers, Del.icio.us

Departure Date: February, 2008

New job: CEO of Xobni, a San Francisco startup that combines social networking and e-mail services

On leaving Yahoo: "I am leaving the company because my role has been eliminated," Bonforte wrote in response to a Valleywag article that characterized his departure as a firing. "I remain a huge fan of Yahoo! and I will miss working there on great products like Del.icio.us and Answers."

(Bonforte's job was eliminated after a reorganization; he found a role outside the company.)